Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-141) and index
The open hand : Biddy Mason -- A force to be dealt with : Mary Fields -- At long last : Jane Manning James -- The complete instructor : Abby Fisher -- Unbroken bond : Clara Brown -- Home sweet home : Annie Box Neal -- Free at last : Mary Jane Holmes Shipley Drake -- The second act : Mary Ellen Pleasant -- Like mother, like daughter : Elizabeth Thorn Scott Flood -- The voice of reason : Susie Revels Cayton
Profiles ten African-American women pioneers in the Old West, all born before 1900